How to Play
Guitar
Slash Chords
You may learn how to play some guitar slash chords the
same way that you learned any other chord, you just memorize where
your fingers go. You might be able to look up a slash chord that
you do not know in your big book of 10,001 guitar chords. But
a lot of times, you will just not find the chord you are looking
for in a chord book. There are just too many possibilities for
different slash chords. If you are learning a song from tablature,
chances are there will be some sort of chord chart, or the chord
will be written in the tab itself. But if you just encounter a
chord symbol like D/F ,
you may need to figure out how to play this chord without the
aid of a chord book. Here is where knowing the names
of the notes on the neck comes in handy.
If you can play a D chord, and you can find a close
F# note to throw onto the bottom of that D chord, you have a D/F#.
Basic
D chord
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Location
of lower F# notes
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So here are 2 common ways that you can play a D/F chord.
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Here you are replacing the D note
on the 4th string with an F.
You have to alter the fingering of the original D chord in
order to play this. |
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Here is another common D/F chord. This time you will play the F note on the 6th string, 2nd fret, with your thumb. You will
also notice that you play the open 5th string. The open 5th
string is an A note and is also in a D chord. |
Guitar Slash
Chord Lesson
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